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This 2 day course is ideal for those who have little or no experience using Adobe Photoshop and who need to learn the basic skills that are necessary to begin using the program effectively.
At the end of the course the students will be able to familiar with the Photoshop working environment, creating and editing multi-layer files.
THE PHOTOSHOP ENVIRONMENT
- What does Photoshop do?
- Introducing pixels and selections
- The navigator window: getting around in an image, zoom shortcuts
- Using the history palette
- Multiple undo and snapshots
IMAGE BASICS
- Resolution and file size
- Different image formats and their uses
- Colour types
SELECTION BASICS
- The different selection tools
- The magic wand and tolerance settings
- Inverting selections
- Feathering selections
- Anti-aliasing
- Expanding and contracting selections
- Transforming selections
- Adding to and subtracting from selections
ADJUSTING IMAGES
- Working with Levels and Curves
- Hue and saturation
The info palette
LAYERS
- Creating new layers and duplicate layers
- Importing layers from other images
- Giving layers transparency
- Linking and merging layers
CHANNELS
- Adjusting individual channels
- Saving and loading selections
SAVING FILES
- Adjusting image size
- Changing colour type
- Flattening layers
- Cropping images
THE PAINTING TOOLS
- Brush selection and adjustment
- Colour selection
- Creating new brushes
- Using patterns
- The other painting tools
- The healing and clone stamp tools
MASKS
- Quick masks
- Layer masks
- The graduated fill tool
- Editing gradient properties
THE PEN TOOL
- Creating and editing paths
- Generating clipping paths
MORE ABOUT LAYERS
- Adding layer effects
- Creating and using layer sets
- Clipping groups and their uses
- Changing the hierarchy of layers
WORKING WITH TYPE
- Editing type
- Colouring type
- Distorting type Rasterizing type layers
There is no formal assessment for this course. For accredited Adobe courses please contact us.
This course includes:
- Training from a certified Adobe trainer
- Computer / Laptop to use for the duration of the course (classroom & onsite courses only)
- Detailed course notes and sample exercises
- Full colour course manual
- Refreshments (classroom courses only)
- A recording of the training course (virtual courses only)
Course Key Points
Duration: 2 days
Accredited: Available upon request
Exam(s): Available upon request
Practice Exam(s): Available upon request
Type: Available as Classroom, Virtual Live and In-house
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